Category Archives: Ministry Resource
The Power of Redemption
Rick Bundschuh, a member of interlínc’s WriteGroup and Team interlínc, recently posted this: Every once in a while, I have to get something off my chest. I contributed this bit to our local paper’s OpEd page – and to my … Continue reading
Helping Your Group Experience Worship
We’ve asked YLO’s editor Ken McCoy and his wife Jeannie (who’s the Modern Worship Director at their home church) to answer a group of questions about youth ministry and worship – questions that are fairly representative of the ones we … Continue reading
Tips For Forming A Youth Worship Band
By Jim Murphy | Forest Lake, Minnesota There’s nothing that’s quite as exciting for kids as the idea of being in a band. To strap on that sweet cherry-red Strat and make it wail, drive out a slick new beat on … Continue reading
Why Movies Matter (in Youth Ministry)
by Mark Pittman Transported to another place, moved to tears, scared out of our seats, or actually clapping in excitement, there’s no doubt that movies can have a serious impact. As a youth pastor, there were usually two ways I … Continue reading
History Of Thanksgiving – The Secular And The Sacred
By Bill Petro (a long time friend from Cal Berkeley days) billpetro.com The origin of Thanksgiving Day has been attributed to a harvest feast held by the Plymouth Colony. In 1621, Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony proclaimed a day of … Continue reading
Everything is OK, or Not.
By Katie Lau, Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation October 28, 2018. Sunday afternoon in the ‘Burgh. Gray skies with the occasional peak of blue. 48 degrees and a bit of wind. Battling my usual fall change of season sinus infection. “Stillers” are … Continue reading
Full-Size Candy Bars
By Rick Bundschuh, Kauai Christian Fellowship, Poipu, Hawaii from his book Don’t Rock the Boat, Capsize It I think it is the solemn duty of all pastors to pass out full-size candy bars on Halloween. Yes, I know that for … Continue reading
The Great Pumpkin Talk
Yep – Halloween is just around the corner. Longtime Team interlínc dude Mark Pittman created this talk when he was a youth pastor in San Diego. We’ve posted it before, and thought that now’s the perfect time to get it back … Continue reading
Balancing Act
By Rick Bundschuh • Kauai Christian Fellowship • Poipu, Hawaii Early in my youth ministry career, I used to get a little guilty as I drove off for a couple hours of surfing in the morning. On the way to … Continue reading
Wisecracking Wiseguys
Through the wonder of technology, we were able to assemble this star-studded cast of Christian funny people – err, funny people who are Christians… umm, Christians who make people laugh. But they weren’t in the same room at the same … Continue reading